Watford of England striker, Isaac Success is in line for an appearance this Saturday, as the club’s coach, Nigel Pearson has hinted that he will make changes to the squad that lined out on Boxing Day away to Sheffield United, megasportsarena.com reports.
Success was on The Hornets’ bench for all 90 minutes of that game, alongside fellow-Nigerian, Tom Dele-Bashiru, but the former BJ Foundation of Benin City, Udinese of Italy and Granada of Spain all-action attacker looks good to step up into the mainframe this time out.
His chances were boosted with Abdoulaye Doucoure serving a one-match ban, thereby missing the clash with The Blades on Boxing Day, and Success remains in line for a shirt when they host fellow relegation-battlers, Aston Villa this Saturday, after which they host Wolverhampton Wanderers at Vicarage Road on January 1.
It promises to be a change of fortune to what went down on Thursday at Bramall Lane, where both Success and Dele-Bashiru watched proceedings from the bench as Watford were held to a 1-1 draw by Sheffield United.
In that Boxing Day encounter, Gerard Deulofeu’s 27th minute goal was cancelled out by The Blades’ star, Oliver Norwood with a penalty kick nine minutes before half-time, but Success will hope to make thew best of an expected opportunity from Pearson this Saturday.
Pearson also hinted that the team’s captain, Troy Deeney could be protected during a hectic period, as The Hornets play three times in seven days, and, with the 31-year-old skipper, who returned from a knee injury just a month ago, finding himself among the substitutes at Bramall Lane, the stage is set for Success to finally get a starting shirt in Saturday’s fixture.
Pearson added: “We will have to make changes. I’m not going to use the word ‘rotate’ because it’s not about that. We will certainly have to make one change because of a suspension.
“Then we will have to look at whether players have picked up slight injuries. We might have to protect one or two players. Even during the week, there were days that we have to manage the amount of training that some of our more senior players do, but that’s sensible.
“What is important is that we go into this run of fixtures and prioritise. We want to win as many as we can, clearly, but this is where the squad ethic really comes into its own and we will probably need to make changes – some forced and some we just decide to freshen it up.”
